Fame with a ball

Lin Zhigao received a call from Jiang Shupeng on the weekend.

His agent has always been elusive. Sometimes even Lin Zhigao himself doesn't know where Jiang Shupeng is and what he is busy with. When I called Lin Zhigao, I never talked nonsense and gossip. Basically, I just talked about business matters, and only used the topic to make a fuss after the conversation.

Before answering the phone, Lin Zhigao thought about the day before him, thinking that Jiang Shupeng was going to talk about the AFC awards ceremony, but the first thing Jiang Shupeng said after he spoke was: "I heard some rumors recently. The club is interested in you."

Lin Zhigao was stunned: "Isn't the transfer period over long ago? Even if it is a winter transfer, it will take another two months. Where is the rumor so unreliable?"

Jiang Shupeng smiled: "I wonder about this too, but the news is telling. It first broke out from a good-selling English tabloid, saying that you are dissatisfied with the club's treatment. I have read that report too. It makes sense, so by now, I've had calls from scouts from four clubs, Chelsea, Manchester City, AC Milan and Paris Saint-Germain."

"I'm dissatisfied with the club?" Lin Zhigao was even more puzzled: "Isn't this nonsense. The newspaper is absolutely nonsense. I never said such a thing to a reporter!"

"So are you satisfied with your current club?"

"Anyway, I didn't think about leaving."

"Even if they keep giving you a salary of less than 400 million euros?"

Lin Zhigao frowned: "I always feel that there is something in your words."

"Although as your agent, I am very happy to see that you can play like a fish in water in the team, but as a duty, I should consider your treatment." Jiang Shupeng said lightly: "Portuguese football Before the start of this season, Finance released a data on the after-tax annual salary of players. The annual salary that Juventus currently offers you is outside the top 200 in European football. Do you think you are worth this price?"

"Beyond 200? Me, I think my salary is quite high..."

"Annual salary above 400 million is called high. Your annual salary is less than 1000 million, and you are even ranked at the second-class level in Serie A, let alone in the five major leagues? Even Torres, Adam Toure, and Rooney are all paid close to With an annual salary of 500 million, Neymar has been getting [-] million a year in Barcelona, ​​and the annual salary the club pays you represents how much they think you are worth, and also represents your status in football."

Lin Zhigao was silent, but he hadn't thought about it so much.

Jiang Shupeng sneered: "Do you think it's an honor for you to take the 400 million annual salary offered by the team? I don't know how many people outside will call you stupid."

"...Why do I think you took gunpowder today? You are so angry." Lin Zhigao thought about it for a while, and then asked, "Is there something that irritated you?"

Jiang Shupeng took a breath and said in a calm voice as much as possible: "I originally thought that Juventus would give you a new contract before the start of this season after you helped the team win the Triple Crown last season, but They didn't. So instead of refusing offers from those clubs a few days ago, I faxed them to Marotta with the names of the clubs covered."

"Giuseppe Marotta? The manager of Juventus?" Because he knew Jiang Shupeng's personality and knew that he would not get angry easily, Lin Zhigao had a bad premonition in his heart: "Has he replied?"

"He asked to see the names of those clubs. I didn't agree. Instead, I talked to him directly about your salary increase. In my opinion, this is a matter of course. You have paid so much for the club. The same Players in other giants have a salary of at least 6.

"...to renew the contract?"

"You guessed right, but there is no reward." Jiang Shupeng made a cold joke that neither of them could laugh, and then continued: "Marotta hopes to renew your contract until 2017, and the annual salary for this season will remain the same. Goal and assist rewards are doubled, and starting next season, your salary starts at 450 million euros, with an annual increase of 8%."

"It's just an increase of hundreds of thousands of euros. Is it worth signing a new contract?" Lin Zhigao smiled: "I thought he would raise my salary by several million euros at once."

"This is actually a very cost-effective deal. Mr. Marotta is much smarter than we imagined." Jiang Shupeng sneered: "By next summer, you who only have a one-year contract with Juventus, you may You will be sold at a price of 3 to 4000 million euros. If you are determined to leave, the transfer price may be even lower. But if you have a three-year contract with the club, you may be sold to 6000 million euros. "

Such an obvious approach can be understood as Juventus is very reluctant to leave Lin Zhigao, or it can be understood that they are calculating Lin Zhigao.

Lin Zhigao didn't know which one was the truth, but he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.Is there anyone in this world who doesn't want a salary increase?No.Even if Lin Zhigao knew in his heart that he was indirectly working for John, it didn’t mean he was willing to play for the team for free—the reason why some married rich wives don’t pay The job that only earns a few thousand dollars is quit, not because they like to work, but because being able to make money and making money represents a person's self-reliance and self-reliance, which means that he/she can live without relying on others very good.

This is what Lin Zhigao thinks in his heart now. He may not earn John's wealth in ten lifetimes, but his income is enough to disdain most people in the world, which makes him even when facing the world's top rich men , You can also proudly hold your head high and hold your passbook and say to the other party: "Even if you don't earn a penny, I can support you so that you have no worries about food and clothing!" He has this confidence.

After thinking for a while, Lin Zhigao asked: "The clubs that made offers to me, how much did they offer?"

"Manchester City and Chelsea are the most generous, with an annual salary of 800 million pounds. They all know your state when you play in the Premier League, so they don't worry that you will not adapt well after you go, and they directly give you the signing price. Paris Saint-Germain gave it. 700 million euros, AC Milan's least, 650 million euros, but they give the most goal bonuses." Jiang Shupeng also knew that Lin Zhigao would not consider transferring even if he asked other clubs for bids, so he continued. : "Do you need me to help you continue to put pressure on Juventus?"

"No, just don't agree to their contract renewal." Lin Zhigao touched his nose: "In the renewal contract, there are probably a lot of conditions that are binding on me, and this is my first contract. Anyway, there's still more than a year left, so it's not too much to ask Marotta to wait."

"As expected, you guessed it, there are some clauses about the use of portrait rights." Jiang Shupeng said with a smile: "What about AC Milan's offer?"

"Push it too, the rumors that I want to transfer are not true."

"Don't you think it's a pity? That's 800 million pounds."

"If I told you to push it, then push it!" Lin Zhigao glared: "You always ask me for 800 million, you want me to betray you!"

Jiang Shupeng smiled and begged for mercy: "Next year I will come back to bother you with these numbers."

After hanging up the phone with Jiang Shupeng, Lin Zhigao did not tell John about it.One is that he doesn’t think it’s a big deal, and the other is that John rarely intervenes in Juventus’s internal affairs. Juventus belongs to the Fiat Group’s holding club, and Fiat is controlled by the Agnelli consortium. If everything that happened in the subsidiary company was decided by John, he would have died of exhaustion.

In fact, if Lin Zhigao is not currently playing for Juventus, John may not necessarily go to Nuevo Alpe to watch a game all year round!Now the attendance rate of seven or eight times per season is already considered rare among the rare. Many shareholders of the Fiat Group are wondering——John Elchin ran to Turin so diligently, he had a mistress , or have a mistress?

……

On November 11th, under the anticipation of thousands of Chinese fans, Lin Zhigao finally returned to China.

Before he returned to China, he did not reveal too much information. The only media that knew that Lin Zhigao would go to Kuala Lumpur to attend the awards ceremony was the "Sports Weekly". Even the Chinese Football Association only got the news through Jiang Shupeng's phone call on the night of the 24th. ——At that time, the officials of the Football Association were surprised, happy, and angry, not to mention how ugly their faces were, but the matter has come to this point, and they can't do anything in advance. They can only postpone the time to go to Kuala Lumpur collectively, and wait for Lin Zhigao to return home. Let's fly together again.

The flight from Turin to Beijing arrived in the morning. Lin Zhigao, who was dressed up and did not hide anything, caused a sensation almost as soon as he appeared in the waiting hall. But before the fans surrounded Lin Zhigao, Lin Zhigao and The staff sent by the Football Association took the first step away from the airport. In a convention and exhibition center not far from the airport, the Football Association will hold a press conference attended by more than 200 media. After the conference, Football Association officials will fly to Kuala Lumpur with all those involved in the awards.

Lin Zhigao didn't want to attend this press conference very much. He originally booked a plane ticket directly from Turin to Malaysia, but the Football Association disagreed. In order to win the hearts of the people, they had to use Lin Zhigao to create momentum. After successfully finishing next year's World Cup in Brazil, they have to wait and see and accompany them to do "face projects".

In order to make Lin Zhigao an "image ambassador", the Football Association spent a lot of money. They also specially invited Lin Changan and his wife to attend the AFC awards ceremony. There were also a few CCTV reporters accompanying the team. If China If the Football Association gains something from this trip, then the reporters will make a documentary of what they saw and filmed along the way, and bring it back to the station for editing and review, and maybe it will be broadcast on a CCTV program.

At this moment, Lin Changan and his wife are sitting in the family seat with Sebastian, watching Lin Zhigao solemnly "thank the country for the conquest, and hope that he will live up to the expectations of the people of the whole country" at the press conference - Lin Zhigao I thought I was in a hurry and didn't want to take Sebastian back to China, but Sebastian insisted on following him, and he called it "experience the Asian style". Lin Zhigao didn't think he could appreciate any style during the time spent on the plane, and the high-air flow that was full of breath was almost the same.

None of the media present knew Sebastian's identity, and the officials did not give them a statement. Thinking that this young man who suddenly appeared was so young, he couldn't be a new player signed by Juventus, and he shouldn't be. People from Lin Zhigao's studio, so when the reporters wrote the press release later, they "tacitly" ignored the existence of Sebastian.

The reporters didn't care who Sebastian was, but Lin Chang'an and his wife cared very much.When talking on the phone with Lin Zhigao before, the couple had never heard Lin Zhigao say that he had such a friend. Now that his son suddenly brought back a small tail when he returned home, can the couple not be surprised!

When Lin Changan and Qian Hongyan were holding the press conference, they secretly kept looking at Sebastian, and the handsome young man pretended not to know. Yan said in admiration: "He is a well-educated and good boy."

But the doubts of the couple came again - what is the relationship between such a beautiful and well-behaved boy and his own son?

The couple didn't believe Lin Zhigao's nonsense "son of a friend"!Especially Qian Hongyan, the meat falling out of her stomach, Lin Zhigao's eyes are always floating when he is lying, can she not see it?

After the press conference, dozens of members of the Chinese Football Association delegation bid farewell to the media and took a chartered flight to Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia.

On the plane, Lin Changan and his wife sat in the front row of the cabin, while Lin Zhigao, Sebastian and some Chinese Super League players sat in the back row. Less than half an hour after takeoff, Lin Changan came to the back row, wanting to talk to Sebastian. Bastian changed seats and said he had something to say to Lin Zhigao.

Sebastian obediently switched places with Lin Changan, stood up and went to the front row.At first, Lin Zhigao wasn't sure what his father was playing. He thought that Lin Changan really wanted to tell him something, but when Lin Changan sat beside him, he only chatted about his hometown. The child is married, so-and-so's is in love with so-and-so.

Only then did Lin Zhigao realize that his parents' goal was not him, but Sebastian!My mother is probably already starting to talk, but Lin Zhigao doesn't think she will come up with something, one Chinese and one Italian, they don't understand the language at all.

But after getting off the plane and seeing Qian Hongyan and Sebastian walking together arm in arm and laughing, Lin Zhigao’s eyes almost didn’t fall out of his shock——Sebastian, who speaks poor Mandarin, How did they communicate with Qian Hongyan, whose English is even worse?

Lin Zhigao couldn't help but secretly asked Lin Changan: "Dad, how is my mother's foreign language skills?"

Lin Changan glanced at his son: "You can say a few YS, O, what's wrong?"

"It's okay." Lin Zhigao shook his head, but couldn't help guessing, could it be that his mother had successfully communicated with Sebastian through gestures?

……

At 8:2013 p.m. local time in Malaysia, the [-] AFC Annual Awards Conference was officially held.

The delegation of the Chinese Football Association is next to the delegations of Japan and South Korea. A few minutes before the start of the award ceremony, Kuniya Ohito, chairman of the Japanese Football Association, kindly walked to the seat of the Chinese delegation and said in English with a Japanese accent: "The Chinese national team won the championship this year. A historic breakthrough has been made in the World Cup qualifiers, I think Chinese football is the biggest competitor of other Asian countries this year, and you are very capable to compete for many awards."

Where has Vidi, chairman of the Chinese Football Association, heard such a compliment from the chairman of the Japanese Football Association before?My heart suddenly became a flower, and I couldn't help showing a bright smile on my face, saying: "Let's be honest, the Japanese national team is also very good, and you are the big players who win awards every year."

Daren Kunami smiled reservedly, not to mention how proud and frightened he was, and he asked again: "Didn't Mr. Lin Zhigao come to the award ceremony today?"

Wei Di twitched his mouth, and immediately turned his head to look at Lin Zhigao who was three rows away—he originally wanted to invite Lin Zhigao to sit next to him, but as soon as he entered the exhibition hall, he waited for the officials of the Football Association to find a good seat, yes, Lin Zhigao Already nested with Huang Bowen, Drogba and others!Wei Di knew that Lin Zhigao was not too interested in the Football Association, so he didn't call him anymore, and he didn't come if he called him, because he looked ugly.

Huang Bowen, who was sitting next to Lin Zhigao, immediately patted him on the shoulder and said in a low voice, "Hey, the devil is looking for you!"

Lin Zhigao rolled his eyes at him, then stood up, walked up to Daren Bangmi, nodded politely at him, and stretched out his hand: "Mr. Daren, hello, I'm Lin Zhigao."

Daren Bangmi shook Lin Zhigao's hand vigorously, and said with a smile: "Mr. Lin, I am very optimistic about you winning the cup this year. You must be the Asian Footballer."

Ohin Kunami's words made everyone around him feel very strange, especially Vidi and other officials of the Football Association.Because of the notorious problems of the Chinese Football Association, the level of Chinese football has never been improved. In the past, when the AFC awarded awards, officials from the Korean and Japanese Football Associations met with the officials of the Chinese Football Association. Even the smiles were fake. Why did it suddenly change today? So enthusiastic?

The so-called abnormality must be a monster. Even Lin Zhigao felt that something was wrong, and said with a dry smile: "Where, your country's players Kagawa Shinji and Honda Keisuke are also very capable. Before the awards are awarded, everyone said It is impossible to predict who will win the prize."

Ohin Kunya smiled and said: "Our Kagawa-kun did not come to the awards ceremony today, and Sir Alex Ferguson did not let him go."

Lin Zhigao laughed at that moment.The rules of the AFC not to give awards if you don’t show up are known to all countries. What Kunami Ohin meant was probably saying that because Shinji Kagawa didn’t come, Lin Zhigao would definitely win the prize. In other words——if Shinji Kagawa was present today , Lin Zhigao doesn't deserve this award, does he?

The faces of the people next to him also changed, and they all understood the meaning of Daren Bangmi's words.

The officials of the Football Association were angry and anxious, but due to their status, it was difficult to refute immediately. When Wei Di was thinking about how to stop the mouth of this big Ren Bangmi, he suddenly heard Lin Zhigao laughing: "As far as I know, Sir Alex Ferguson is a very generous and friendly old man. He will never stop his players from winning more honors. So I think that Sir Alex Ferguson did not let Mr. Kagawa do so well, probably because he thought he came to Is it just an empty joy?"

Immediately there was a burst of laughter from the side, Darin Kunmi turned slightly flushed and squinted to the side, and found that several Chinese players were grinning unscrupulously, but the officials of the Chinese Football Association didn't seem to notice This scene was the same, and there was nothing to stop him from speaking.

From officials to players are a group of people without rules, Da Renbang said heartily.Lin Zhigao's sarcasm made him feel that he could not get off the stage, so he nodded with a stiff face, and said, "The ceremony is about to start, I wish you all a happy day." Then he went back to his seat.

"Gaozi, good job!"

Huang Bowen gave Lin Zhigao a thumbs-up gesture from the air. His voice was too loud and his movements were too obvious, which caused the surrounding Japanese and South Korean players to look sideways. Oren Kunmi's face turned darker, and everyone who listened to the whole field began to cover their faces. Smile with your mouth open.